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'''Gay liberation''' is a largely Western movement to legitimize [[homosexuality]]. Its premise is that [[LGBT]] people are no different than heterosexuals, much as blacks are the same as whites and women are the same as men.
'''Gay liberation''' is a largely Western movement to legitimize [[homosexuality]]. Its premise is that [[LGBT]] people are no different than heterosexuals, much as blacks are the same as whites and women are the same as men.
The gay liberation movement, originally designed to "liberate" gays from oppression and discrimination by [[heterosexual]]s, quickly devolved into controversy when [[bisexual]]s sought to be included. Additionally gay libbers were charged with [[sexism]] because it excluded [[lesbian]]s. Some debate erupted if lesbians were in fact gay, and it was eventually decided to allow females to retain their own [[identity politics|identity]] as lesbians, although many women consider themselves gay. Then, the most "oppressed" group of all, [[transgender]]s, also were included. Eventually, the issue was resolved by establishing, first, the LGB movement, and eventually, because of charges of [[bigotry]] within the movement, transexuals were also included into the modern [[LGBT]] movement.
The gay liberation movement, originally designed to "liberate" gays from oppression and discrimination by [[heterosexual]]s, quickly devolved into controversy when [[bisexual]]s sought to be included. Additionally gay libbers were charged with [[sexism]] because it excluded [[lesbian]]s. Some debate erupted if lesbians were in fact gay, and it was eventually decided to allow females to retain their own [[identity politics|identity]] as lesbians, although many women consider themselves gay. Then, the most "oppressed" group of all, [[transgender]]s, were also included. Eventually, the issue was resolved by establishing, first, the LGB movement, and eventually, because of charges of [[bigotry]] within the movement, transexuals were also included into the modern [[LGBT]] movement.
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Gay promiscuity]]
*[[Gay promiscuity]]
*[[Community organizing]]
[[Category:Homosexuality]]
[[Category:Homosexuality]]
[[Category:Marxist Terminology]]
[[Category:Marxist Terminology]]